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Counties in New York by depression in adults, local model estimate

Monroe County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 62 counties in 2021, at 26.7%. Queens County had the lowest, at 14.8%. The median was 23.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest26.7Monroe County
Lowest14.8Queens County
Median23.162 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Albany County: 23.3 %Allegany County: 23.8 %Bronx County: 18.7 %Broome County: 24.3 %Cattaraugus County: 25.5 %Cayuga County: 21.4 %Chautauqua County: 25.3 %Chemung County: 26.3 %Chenango County: 22.8 %Clinton County: 25.9 %Columbia County: 23.1 %Cortland County: 25.5 %Delaware County: 23.1 %Dutchess County: 21 %Erie County: 23.9 %Essex County: 22.3 %Franklin County: 23.5 %Fulton County: 26.2 %Genesee County: 24.7 %Greene County: 21.9 %Hamilton County: 20 %Herkimer County: 23 %Jefferson County: 23.3 %Kings County: 17.6 %Lewis County: 21.6 %Livingston County: 23.7 %Madison County: 24.3 %Monroe County: 26.7 %Montgomery County: 22.3 %Nassau County: 14.9 %New York County: 19.9 %Niagara County: 23.9 %Oneida County: 23.9 %Onondaga County: 25.1 %Ontario County: 25 %Orange County: 20.2 %Orleans County: 25.8 %Oswego County: 25 %Otsego County: 22.8 %Putnam County: 18 %Queens County: 14.8 %Rensselaer County: 22.7 %Richmond County: 17.4 %Rockland County: 18.2 %St. Lawrence County: 24.1 %Saratoga County: 20.3 %Schenectady County: 21.9 %Schoharie County: 22 %Schuyler County: 22.9 %Seneca County: 23.2 %Steuben County: 24.7 %Suffolk County: 18.3 %Sullivan County: 20.3 %Tioga County: 22.2 %Tompkins County: 24.4 %Ulster County: 24.4 %Warren County: 23.7 %Washington County: 23 %Wayne County: 23.3 %Westchester County: 17 %Wyoming County: 20.8 %Yates County: 24.3 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Monroe County: 26.7 %Monroe County26.7Chemung County: 26.3 %Chemung County26.3Fulton County: 26.2 %Fulton County26.2Clinton County: 25.9 %Clinton County25.9Orleans County: 25.8 %Orleans County25.8Cattaraugus County: 25.5 %Cattaraugus County25.5Cortland County: 25.5 %Cortland County25.5Chautauqua County: 25.3 %Chautauqua County25.3Onondaga County: 25.1 %Onondaga County25.1Ontario County: 25 %Ontario County25Oswego County: 25 %Oswego County25Genesee County: 24.7 %Genesee County24.7Steuben County: 24.7 %Steuben County24.7Tompkins County: 24.4 %Tompkins County24.4Ulster County: 24.4 %Ulster County24.4Broome County: 24.3 %Broome County24.3Madison County: 24.3 %Madison County24.3Yates County: 24.3 %Yates County24.3St. Lawrence County: 24.1 %St. Lawrence County24.1Erie County: 23.9 %Erie County23.9Niagara County: 23.9 %Niagara County23.9Oneida County: 23.9 %Oneida County23.9Allegany County: 23.8 %Allegany County23.8Livingston County: 23.7 %Livingston County23.7Warren County: 23.7 %Warren County23.7Franklin County: 23.5 %Franklin County23.5Albany County: 23.3 %Albany County23.3Jefferson County: 23.3 %Jefferson County23.3Wayne County: 23.3 %Wayne County23.3Seneca County: 23.2 %Seneca County23.2Columbia County: 23.1 %Columbia County23.1Delaware County: 23.1 %Delaware County23.1Herkimer County: 23 %Herkimer County23Washington County: 23 %Washington County23Schuyler County: 22.9 %Schuyler County22.9Chenango County: 22.8 %Chenango County22.8Otsego County: 22.8 %Otsego County22.8Rensselaer County: 22.7 %Rensselaer County22.7Essex County: 22.3 %Essex County22.3Montgomery County: 22.3 %Montgomery County22.3Monroe County: 26.7 %Monroe County26.7Chemung County: 26.3 %Chemung County26.3Fulton County: 26.2 %Fulton County26.2Clinton County: 25.9 %Clinton County25.9Orleans County: 25.8 %Orleans County25.8Cattaraugus County: 25.5 %Cattaraugus County25.5Cortland County: 25.5 %Cortland County25.5Chautauqua County: 25.3 %Chautauqua County25.3Onondaga County: 25.1 %Onondaga County25.1Ontario County: 25 %Ontario County25Oswego County: 25 %Oswego County25Genesee County: 24.7 %Genesee County24.7Steuben County: 24.7 %Steuben County24.7Tompkins County: 24.4 %Tompkins County24.4Ulster County: 24.4 %Ulster County24.4Broome County: 24.3 %Broome County24.3Madison County: 24.3 %Madison County24.3Yates County: 24.3 %Yates County24.3St. Lawrence County: 24.1 %St. Lawrence County24.1Erie County: 23.9 %Erie County23.9Niagara County: 23.9 %Niagara County23.9Oneida County: 23.9 %Oneida County23.9Allegany County: 23.8 %Allegany County23.8Livingston County: 23.7 %Livingston County23.7Warren County: 23.7 %Warren County23.7Franklin County: 23.5 %Franklin County23.5Albany County: 23.3 %Albany County23.3Jefferson County: 23.3 %Jefferson County23.3Wayne County: 23.3 %Wayne County23.3Seneca County: 23.2 %Seneca County23.2Columbia County: 23.1 %Columbia County23.1Delaware County: 23.1 %Delaware County23.1Herkimer County: 23 %Herkimer County23Washington County: 23 %Washington County23Schuyler County: 22.9 %Schuyler County22.9Chenango County: 22.8 %Chenango County22.8Otsego County: 22.8 %Otsego County22.8Rensselaer County: 22.7 %Rensselaer County22.7Essex County: 22.3 %Essex County22.3Montgomery County: 22.3 %Montgomery County22.3
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Monroe County26.7
2Chemung County26.3
3Fulton County26.2
4Clinton County25.9
5Orleans County25.8
6Cattaraugus County25.5
6Cortland County25.5
8Chautauqua County25.3
9Onondaga County25.1
10Ontario County25
10Oswego County25
12Genesee County24.7
12Steuben County24.7
14Tompkins County24.4
14Ulster County24.4
16Broome County24.3
16Madison County24.3
16Yates County24.3
19St. Lawrence County24.1
20Erie County23.9
20Niagara County23.9
20Oneida County23.9
23Allegany County23.8
24Livingston County23.7
24Warren County23.7
26Franklin County23.5
27Albany County23.3
27Jefferson County23.3
27Wayne County23.3
30Seneca County23.2
31Columbia County23.1
31Delaware County23.1
33Herkimer County23
33Washington County23
35Schuyler County22.9
36Chenango County22.8
36Otsego County22.8
38Rensselaer County22.7
39Essex County22.3
39Montgomery County22.3
41Tioga County22.2
42Schoharie County22
43Greene County21.9
43Schenectady County21.9
45Lewis County21.6
46Cayuga County21.4
47Dutchess County21
48Wyoming County20.8
49Saratoga County20.3
49Sullivan County20.3
51Orange County20.2
52Hamilton County20
53New York County19.9
54Bronx County18.7
55Suffolk County18.3
56Rockland County18.2
57Putnam County18
58Kings County17.6
59Richmond County17.4
60Westchester County17
61Nassau County14.9
62Queens County14.8

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that they had a depressive disorder. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in New York by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in New York by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/new-york-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in New York by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/new-york-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest depression in adults, local model estimate?

Monroe County, with 26.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest depression in adults, local model estimate?

Queens County, with 14.8% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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